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A man has been seriously injured after the car he was driving rolled into a field.

The accident occurred yesterday on the A449 at around 6.00pm on Wolverhampton Road.

Emergency services freed the man believed to be in his 40s from his vehicle before he was taken to hospital with serious head and and chest injuries.

“He was extricated from the car and received emergency treatment at the scene. The mans condition was stabilised and he was transferred by land ambulance to New Cross Hospital for further emergency treatment.